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A "furious" Rep. Peter King, the hawkish, maverick Long Island Republican, blasted a "disgraceful" Eric Holder for opening an investigation of CIA interrogators and chided his own party for what he described as a weak response to the move in an interview just now with POLITICO.

"It’s bulls***. It’s disgraceful. You wonder which side they’re on," he said of the attorney general's move, which he described as a "declaration of war against the CIA, and against common sense."

"It’s a total breach of faith, and either the president is intentionally caving to the left wing of his party or he’s lost control of his administration," said King, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security and a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence.

King, channeling both the sense of outrage and of political opportunity felt in parts of the GOP, defended in detail the interrogation practices — threats to kill a detainee's family, and or to kill a detainee with a power drill — detailed in a CIA inspector general report released yesterday.

"You're talking about threatening to kill a guy, threatening to attack his family, threatening to use an electric drill on him — but never doing it," King said. "You have that on the one hand — and on the other you have the [interrogator's] attempt to prevent thousands of Americans from being killed."

"When Holder was talking about being 'shocked' [before the report's release], I thought they were going to have cutting guys' fingers off or something — or that they actually used the power drill," he said.

Pressed on whether interrogators had actually broken the law, King said he didn't think the Geneva Convention "applies to terrorists," and that the line between permitted and outlawed interrogation policies in the Bush years was "a distinction without a difference."

"Why is it OK to waterboard someone, which causes physical pain, but not threaten someone and not cause pain?" he asked, warning of a "chilling" effect on future CIA behavior.

"You will have thousands of lives that will be lost, and the blood will be on Eric Holder's hands," he said.

King faulted his own party leaders for an insufficient response to yesterday's announcement.

"They’ve declared war on the CIA. We should resist and fight back as hard as we can," he said. "It should be a scorched earth policy. ... This isn't just another policy. This goes to the heart of our national defense. We should do whatever we have to do."

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Both sides of this argument need to remember that OBEYING THE LAW IS NOT OPTIONAL. It shouldn't depend on who broke the law...or why.
At least that's what most of you said when Bill Clinton lied under oath about a having sex with an intern.
How about some consistancy from all of you.
Bottom line is this PHYSICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE IS AGAINST THE LAW. The FBI saw what was going on and pulled their agents out of the detainee interrogation program.

do they remember Dan Pearl?
do they remember Nick Berg?
they were beheaded in front of a camera. their families had to watch
as their loved ones were slaughtered like a goat. maybe mr.halder and mr. O should watch the video tape of them along with the rest of their friends at the alcu. dont these idiots know that these filthy arabs would do it all over again

International humanitarian law (IHL)defines torture as the existence of a specific purpose plus intentional infliction of severe suffering or pain. So Libs, is wearing a diaper torture or is real torture having to look at Hillary's face?

As a member of the military, I think you all need to rethink this screed of "torture does not work" really? I would disagree. Should we torture? depends on the situation and if we are under a dire and an imminent threat then the information needs to be brought out. Before one ever reaches that point, a direct approach or forms of it usually works in most cases in interrogations. However, torture does work as many throughout military history have admitted to even Sen McCain said he eventually and regretfully broke. I do not blame him because the enemy will do unspeakable things...if they allow you to live with your head on.

Since when is it "Un-American" to investigate whether the CIA has upheld the law? The very foundations of our republic rest on a system of checks and balances. What are those of you who support torture and a "blank check" for the CIA trying to defend from terrorism? Because it clearly isn't freedom, rule of law, or American principles!
Vote Liberterian! Return America to a Constitutional Government!

Obama shakes hands with Hugo Chavez while smiling and then accepts a "Hate the USA" book from the man. Additionally, Obama bows to the Saudi King while conducting an apology tour all over Europe and parts of Asia. Finally, Obama closes Gitmo and his Attorney General is conducting an investigation to determine if we should prosecute CIA operatives who got the 9/11 planner to talk, which staved off future attacks against the United States. Isn't it clear by now which side Obama is on?

The level of sheer stupidity on this comments section is astounding. You people are mostly clueless about the United States and the constitution there of. You had all better pray we don't end up with the kind of lawless society you advocate. Unfortunately we are well on our way.

Why hasnt Attorney General Eric Holder open an investigation on bank fraud laws against, Paulson, Bernanke, Lewis, and his board of directors committed bank fraud against their stockholders.
The Merrill Lynch/Bank of America merger that took place last year ?

That is a very good question, which side is thie administration on? It seems that just about every single appointed individual in this administration is a crook, a fraud, and definitely a full fledged America Hater! Now, you short memoried Americans, etch this crap into your minds, so you NEVER forget who did what, and while you are at it, remember to take what these clowns say with a grain of salt. They lie, they steal, and they support the enemies of this country, against the will of the people of this wonderful country. THEY MUST GO!!!

As mentioned before most LIBERALS are hypocrites on EVERY subject! (A little true story!) My wife and I were at a dollar store. As she shopped I just walked around looking at things! As is my habit I observe people,this guy was filling up his basket 3m or 4 of most everything in that area! I wondered! I said to him that is a good deal huh? He said yes I have a garage almost full! I am retireing and we will go to Florida and sell things to pay our way! (Then he added if this dam president dose not get us into a war! He talked for over ten minutes about GWB and how he was starting a war!(This was shortly after 9/11! I said I did not come here to talk politics! But since I listened to you let me say a couple things,firstly I support the president! After all this was the purpose of the formation of a federal government to protect the USA against enemies foreign and domestic! I am sure you believe in protecting your family! Well that is what the Commander and Chief has taken an oath to do! To my surprize he says! Listen you SOB you come around my house and I would KILL YOU that is for sure!! (ANOTHER PATRIOTIC AMERICAN!) Just with LIBERAL views! (Never hypocritical either!!) That would be ME I SUPPOSE!

This has nothing to do with torture
of detainees, this is about pay back for what the Republicans did to Clinton. The Democrates will stop at nothing to have Bush and Chaney in jail. Listen to all the Progressive radio and TV shows, all they talk about is how they can get to Bush and Chaney and have them pay...pay for what trying to keep us safe by any and all means. Did Bush or Chaney profit from this...no, so what was their motive? Keeping you stupid liberials save so you can try to put them in jail...talk about a bunch of low life loosers.

Brian at 4:42
You are wrong, wrong, wrong. The techniques that were done have produced results and will continue to produce results when applied. Many of you need to go back and rewatch film of 9/11 again and as another poster mentioned tapes of Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl. As someone who lives through the terror over here in Iraq...these guys will do anything to kill you, your family, and make you watch it all before finally killing you off. How about stoning little 9 year old girls to death because they think she is working for Coalition Forces! When a person has critical information that will stop an attack immediately I will do what is necessary to protect Iraqi and American lives. Quit micromanaging the way we fight our wars for YOUR FREEDOMS!

Obama may have been born in America, but he's certainly not a true American, in fact, he, like his pastor of 20 years is un-American. Why else is Holder being allowed to investigate the very people who kept us safe for 8 years? No he's not an American, he's another Benedict Arnold, a traitor.

Wow! After reading so many of these comments, I see that the nonsensical fear mongering of the previous administration is still working. SAD! How many of those tortured were proven to be guilty. Was timed for political gain & nothing else.

First off, the President does not control the AG. Maybe some of you are so used to Bush politicizing the AG and the DOJ that you forget that. At first, they didn't want Holder to be AG because they claim he was too close to Obama. Well, now you see that is B.S. Obama has stated many times that he doesn't want to look in the past. I think all of your are just amazed of having a government of free thinkers and not everyone in lock step thinking like the past 8 years.

People act as though they're surprised by all this. They shouldn't be surprised at all.
Every time - *EVERY TIME* - the socialist democrats have held the White House in my lifetime, America has grown weaker. We had Kennedy making us look like wimps over Cuba, damn the Monroe Doctrine, kiss the collective commie ass. And then we had Carter and Iran. I lay all the blame for every one of our problems in the Middle East at Carter the Commie's doorstep, because he turned turtle and kissed their ass so hard, he's still got their turds stuck in his teeth.
And then along comes Clinton, who again let the attacks on the USS Cole go unanswered, and early in the Bush Jr. presidency, we were attacked. Bush retaliated, not nearly enough, and the socialist democrats have lost their mind.
They seem to collectively want us to be about as powerful and significant on the world stage as ... say ... Guatemala. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we're begging the Guats for foreign aid before the Osama bin Baraka is out of office in 2013.
--PTH--
A very proud conservative who believes in America first, and to hell with the rest.

Gee, Liberunts, judging by the number of pro- King/USA comments here, it appears that yours is an increasingly shallow, baseless and hateful position to unfortunately hold. Yet another epic failure by the blundering, Socialist Obumbles administration.

The documents released Monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al Qaeda. This intelligence saved lives and prevented terrorist attacks. These detainees also, according to the documents, played a role in nearly every capture of al Qaeda members and associates since 2002. The activities of the CIA in carrying out the policies of the Bush Administration were directly responsible for defeating all efforts by al Qaeda to launch further mass casualty attacks against the United States. The people involved deserve our gratitude. They do not deserve to be the targets of political investigations or prosecutions. President Obama?s decision to allow the Justice Department to investigate and possibly prosecute CIA personnel, and his decision to remove authority for interrogation from the CIA to the White House, serves as a reminder, if any were needed, of why so many Americans have doubts about this Administration?s ability to be responsible for our nation?s security.

I really remember the "hypocritical" leftist media! During NAIM. Calling those that wanted the communists to win that war! Calling our troops murders,and babykillers! And carrying the VC flag! And burning the AMERICAN flag! These are the ones NOW in POWER! Dare we even question their patriotism? No! They now say WE are a threat to FREEDOM! WE should not be ALLOWED to be heard! WE must remain a SILENT MAJORITY! They also try to USE our GOODWILL AGAINST us! Our CRY SILENT NO_MORE! Give us some men STRONG HEARTED MEN,and you will soo9n see 10,000 more!

This is nothing new. In the seventies the Democrats, let by Sen Frank Church, attempted to destroy/discredit the CIA. FISA was one of the results. Jimmy Carter signed it. Democrat mistakes often take twenty or thirty years to do real harm.

One would think that Holder is a traitor with these actions. Obama says that he is not involved in this action is absurd. Holder works for Obama and they are buddies. And you guys at Politico support these two. What does that say about Politico?

I would like to suggest that we mail bottles of Midol to Obama and Holder. If they could get over their menstrual craps involving the CIA, Terrorists and the past 7 years of no attacks by Al Qaeda on American soil, then we might help them out a great deal.

IN our haste to 'probe' interrogation techniques, let us remember the history of the 90's and what that led to:
*First World Trade Center Bombings
*Mogadishu, Somalia (Black Hawk Down)
*Bombing of Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, killing multiple US Air Force members
*Bombing of TWO US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing hundreds of innocents
*Bombing of the USS Cole
...AND THEN ...
*9-11
Do we just want to forget this happened????
Who was #2 at Justice at the time?
Be careful folks. We should know better this time. Team Obama will not be able to pin the tail on a different donkey this go around. Remember, their first order of business is to keep the citizens SAFE!!
PS: So much for Obama's 'Looking Forward'. That sure didn't last long!!!

These posts show the Republithugs for their true cowardice. They all say that we are the best and the toughest. Yet cower like little girls when threatend at all. Willing to throw our rights away when threatened at all. Willing to torture and murder when threatened at all. Willing to throw away their so called morals when threatened at all. Your weakness is pathetic to me. Terrorists killed 3,000 people ON BUSH'S WATCH. If you support these torture policies because of that, what do you think they'll be willing to do to our troops when we kill HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of their citizens because you were afraid of "weapons of mass destruction"......pathetic

The disgrace is King's comment about "which side they're on". This is the kind of BS we heard during the Iraq propaganda. Anyone who questioned the war was branded as un-American or unpatriotic or a terrorist-supporter. Blind idiotic rhetoric. Now a Congressman, in his partisan rage, is actually questioning "which side" our elected leaders are on, which only fills the Rushbots and partisan sheep of the country with more delusions to build their hatred. What we did under Bush and Cheney was wrong and illegal, and our current leaders are doing their duty to mop it up.

We don't wonder what side they're on. We know. We knew this during the campaign and we elected this administration anyways. Buckle up gang, we have another 3 years and 4 months of these pathetic worms...

This can only end badly... wouldn't surprise me if the leaders of dem's all died of swine flu. Then the conspiracy nuts would blame the cia and republicans. As for me, I'll take my chances - no vaccine cocktail for me.

Kim at 4:59pm
It is not nonsensical fearmongering what we went through on 9/11 and many of my friends here in Iraq and Afghanistan see daily to protect your little rear end at home to spout off your diatribes. I am very proud to serve and to uphold the Constitution. I believe Jefferson, Madison, Washington, et al would have thought it perfectly fine to dunk a few Brits heads under water to find out their next maneuvers so that America could become a FREE country! The liberal mind always lives in a bubble and always freely passes judgment on to everyone else without realizing what it takes to provide these freedoms.
BTW...I would say that Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, a recipient of waterboarding, was VERY guilty to answer your question as the others were as well.

I'm happy to see at least one of our elected officials outraged over this. Kudos Mr. King. People forget these detainees were terrorists. Did you all forget about the 3000 innocent victims lost on 9/11??? What if someone had a gun to your child?s head? Would you not do anything to save him? I have no compassion for the bad guys. This administration better grow a pair and fast.

Why is it that people like Peter King, Dick Cheney, and Sean Hannity are the biggest advocates of a policy that doesn't work (torture)? They are the biggest cowards and chickenhawks that have a platform but for some reason good people seem to think that these shameful men know anything of true valor or bravery. None of them have ever served on the front lines of any conflict but by the way they beat their chests you would think that they were the hardest of hard Marines. No general, commander, or admiral will back torture as a useful tool because it doesn't work! No matter how many experts and specialists that come forward and reinforce the fact that torture does not give reliable information--the right wing of this country will ignore the facts and act as some fictional TV character serves as a better guide. America is a nation of laws and always will be! We have had some dark periods in our history but the principles of which this great country were founded have and will prevail. There may be a bunch of screamers on this post that may choose to sacrifice America's dignity for a cheap convenience that probably wouldn't work anyways but the majority of this country is far smarter than that.

Whats to wonder......... theyre on the side that we all "knew" they were on....... Anti-American, radical leftists with an affinity toward the tenets of both Communism and Socialism. They are all American bred leftists that we allowed to flourish within our all corners of our institutions. They continue to do so and we all sit idly by while the country is being destroyed from within. At what point do we pick up a weapon?

The ends justify the means....that's what we are saying here. Before you all profess your total outrage, half of the CIA report was redacted so we don't know what else these interrigators did in our name, my guess would be alot worse stuff than what was disclosed....

One question for the people who agree with King. Do you really, truly believe that every single detainee who was tortured was, in fact, a terrorist? How can you be so certain when almost none of them have been tried? How can you be so certain when many of them have been released? Maybe I'm misreading this, and you are really just trying to stand up for your party and your country, but it seems like you are missing a huge part of the picture. Just because someone was arrested, doesn't mean they committed the crime.

It's funny how some nits are characterizing the use of threats and harsh language as "torture".
Ironic that these pinheads are enjoying the life and freedom protected by those they are attacking now.
Maybe if a few of these fools fell into the hands of Al Qaeda they'd revise their foolish notions of what 'torture' is, assuming they survived the experience.

hey tweeter, you said, "During WW2 hundreds of thousands of American soldiers were tortured and murdered in Japanese prison camps. Truman crafted and subsequent American Presidents have honored the Geneva Conventions rules of war and treatment of prisoners. If for no other reason we should follow our own mandates for treating others more humanely. We are the standard bearers. Or are we?"........ . . . ......I agree, we should follow Truman's mandates for treating others more humanely. NUKE the murdering terrorist cretins, today! And then impeach the incompetent clown fool marxist terrorist sympathiser Obama, and his similarly affirmative action hired Atty General tomorrow.

its called the rule of law stupid and Eric Holder didnt write it its sole purpose for existing is to prevent lawlessness and you cant have it both ways so Chaney needs to shut the f up because he's just afraid that the cat is out of the bag as to the extent of just how far out of bounds he and gw's administration actualy was

A poster with the name "CommenSense" uses the term "Republithugs" to describe the only "real" Americans willing to defend this country from actual Terror-thugs? How funny, because I had pegged Mr/Mrs "CommenSense" as a "Libtard"! It's "Common" with an "o". Unless of course "Commen" is supposed to be "Communist Men" you Libtard.

So, Eric Holder's Justice Department is releasing terrorists so they can return to Yemen, Saudi Arabia or wherever so they can regroup and come after us again. This idiot is also hell bent on arresting employees of the CIA for trying to put a leash on these animals. We are pathetic. But, what should you expect from a guy that aided and abetted the pardon of Marc Rich. Funny how when Bush was elected, the left wanted us to "move on " from the scandals of the Clinton years. So, the republicans let the investigation into Holder and Clinton and Rich's attorney drop. Well, that's what we get for being "nice, bipartisan folk". When we get back in power, let's rev up our investigations beginning with this treachery.

Don't worry....the healthcare thing will be picked up later....Obama is still on track to destroy the dollar and bankrupt the United States.....this CIA thing is all a distraction....we will be a banana republic soon enough.

I love how all the right wing crazies on the post accuse Obama of weaking national security, and declaring war on Americans.
America was ATTACKED under BUSH, and he never saw it comming.
Until you have some evidence of a real attack can it. I am more afriad of the the right wing nutos going terroist then the Taliban.

Rep. King we know what side obama is on...whatever side the muslims are on, obama is on. I just caught wind of the new agitator in the obama White House by the name of Van Jones. Talk about radical...seems to me he doesn't like us White folks. I sense impeachment if and only if we're attacked in the US or somewhere else in the world. Already obama has shown he can't manage a war as well as Bush did. More and more are getting killed in Afghanistan every day because obama doesn't care. He's out vacationing. Isn't that what the zombie left said about Bush! I detest obama and since I don't subscribe to karma, you know what I hope for and lets pray that the Christian God hears us and not the muslim one if there is one.

"It?s bulls***. It?s disgraceful. You wonder which side they?re on," - Yes, because anyone who disagrees with a "Republican" on any subject is a terrorist/Nazi/Socialist. I actually miss real Republicans, the ones with whom I disagreed but who still knew how to think. These new "Republicans" are just brainless followers, eager to trash Obama & Democrats in order to cover up the fact that their 8 years supporting Bush and all his China-funded destruction WASN'T the costliest mistake this country has ever suffered. Pathetic.

King is correct, but I have one question for him: Where the hell were you BEFORE Holder was confirmed? You KNEW that he had gone around the proper channels to help pardon Marc Rich, 16 FALN terrorists and 2 Weather Underground terrorists. You KNEW that he doesn't believe that the 2nd amendment applies to individuals' rights. You KNEW that his law firm defends Gitmo terrorists pro-bono. You KNEW that he was involved in the Elian Gonzales fiasco. WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?????

Mr. King and his fellow Republicans are offering up the people a totally false choice - ether we let these blood thirsty nuts torture people, even innocent people, or we let the terrorists kill us - bull.
Mr Holder has uncovered evidence that serious crimes were comitted by the CIA and Bush. They need to be investigated - fully - and the results reported to the people. Then we can decide who is wrong.
King is a moron. Someone needs to drill a hole in his and the rest of these idiot republican's heads to see if they are as empty as I suspect.
Bush and Chenny commited crimes agains humanity. These crimes need to be ivestigated fully. Then we will learn the full truth. Until we have those answers Mr King and his fellow idiots on the right need to shut the heck up and let justice run it's course...

I see. He is considered Hawkish because he wants to save American lives from these barbaric facist muslims that hide their faces, blow up innocent men and women, the hide behind their own children and their mosques. They were no uniform and represent no country. Form men such as these were in the Geneieva Conven. are these animals subject to fair treatment???

This is just another in a series of actions taken by the administration and the Democrats that show both their abuse of power and their contempt for the basic values of the majority in this country. They have fooled the Democrat voters and some independents into putting them in power and are now purposely undermining this country's defense and intelligenc capabilities. Just watch and our non-muslim democracy will go down the drain in front of your eyes.

In Arizona, under our laws, one can use threats or threat of force to stop a property crime. We CANNOT use force, but we can threaten it....say if you catch someone red handed trying to steal your car. Can someone explain how this is much different?

The America I know and love does not torture. The founding fathers, liberals all of them, knew the tides had changed when they banned "cruel and unusual punishment'. Furthermore, you all assume that whoever we detain actually knows something. At what point do you stop and say, they have no information? All of you brave right wing zealots, why don't you grab a gun and sign up to fight in Iraq?

God Bless you, Peter King! America needs some real men like you in the White House and Attorney Generals office.
The destruction of America is coming from within.
Wake up America. It doesn't matter if you are Republican or Democrat.
I do not want my parents to have this Healthcare being proposed nor do I want my children to pay the bills (debt)of others by taking their hard working dollars they have earned all by themselves to give to those who do not work for themselves.

Wow Protactinium! You provided four misspelling and a repeated "the". It would appear that another "Libtard" has joined the discussion. BTW, I didn't count the "nutos" as a misspelling. I'm assuming you invented that word much as I invented my word - you "Libtard"! Go back to your public school so you can really become "edjumacated"

Part of being a great nation means accepting limits to the means at our disposal in protecting ourselves. This is what the American exceptionalism that people trumpet up and down Main St. is supposed to be all about. Being willing to do anything at our disposal (This is aside from the dubious efficacy of torture people being tortured will tell you what you want to hear,usually or the scars it leaves on those being forced to perform it) in order to protect ourselves is cowardice ,plain and simple. Torturing several hundred people in order to find the 5-10 who know something is not playing a strong suit. A lot of the neocon response to 9/11 shows,more than anything, that we don't really have any balls, that we are a chicken**** country. Hasn't always been true, but in many ways it is now (the Post-WW2 history of America is the history of a country that was corrupted by its power and turned into just another empire) Bill Bennett and Dick and Lynn Cheney types love to talk about how America has lost it moral compass etc. etc. but they don't always seem to understand the ways in which this is true. Is there any hope for reclaiming American exceptionalism? I think we should put the flags away until we do.

These are some tough words coming from Peter King the known Irish terrorist sympathizer. The Republican party is rapidly deteriorating to a fringe-only party. It'll only be a short amount of time before these uninformed people call for violence against our democratically-elected officials. The American Taliban (or the new-age GOP 2002-present) is in a war against common sense and lines up more ideologically with Osama bin Laden than Abraham Lincoln.

Change we can believe in! Black Panthers not prosecuted! CIA hero's prosecuted. Bill Ayers and his despicable wife free. To the left and Obama Cheney is the white whale. Well captain, we know how that ended.

Thank you Jimmy Carter for giveing the world the "Islamic terrorists" that killed all those at 9/11! That is right folks Carter had the Shah of Iran "deposed"! Which is when the world began having to deal with the "Islamics radicals" in power! Did Carter plan it? Was there collusion? Hmm! Then he gave away the Panama Canal were the "communist" Chinese NOW occupy BOTH former USA military bases! Ever wonder WHY? Hmm! Clinton then gives the LONG BEACH HARBOR over to the "communist" Chinese! Were a few mths previously 1 ship happened to be inspected out of 100s every day! And they find 8000 ak 47s on board! I never heard what they learned as to were they were headed. Didn you all ever hear much about them "communist Chinese" involvement in the election of Bill Clinton ?? Hmm! I especially like to notice how CONCERNED liberals were when Clinton had a factory that makes drugs for the POOR people in Africa blown-up! With many people killed, not to mu8ch was made of it at the time! Altho to SOME SURPRIZE it was reported! They thought it was a factory makeing bombs! OH WELL mistakes are made Mr president no big deal! The leftist liberals were so understanding!

And you think these scumbag terrorists would be so nice to our own who they corner in far away places of the world? And for those quoting the scriptures, read what God had his children Israel do to their enemies in the Old Testament. Destroy the men, women, children, animals, and burned their crops. Not worth saving?

Smart. REAL smart. Look and look for something that will help put the guys in jail that PROTECT America. Isn't it 'interesting' that the ACLU and America's Leftist/Socialists are doing their best to dismantle everything that protects America? Should these people on the Left be looked at as Americans, or should they be looked at as the enemy to America's safety?

Protactinium at 5:22 and Butch at 5:27.
You two and the rest of your "thinking" kind do not understand what war is about. For all of you that like to blame the Bush Administration because 9/11 happened on his watch. Yes, it did but the concept began in 1998 on Clinton's watch after Usama bin Ladin and Ayman al-Zawahiri realized we could continue to get punched in the nose and Clinton was not going to do anything! We got hit once and President Bush and the rest of your opportunistic Liberal congressman stood side by side with the rest of America and fought back. Now you want to decry every thing we Republicans do to keep this country free and strong despite all this apologizing wingnut does on our behalf again showing weakness!!!
I have served 3 tours over in Iraq and we do all we can to protect ALL human life except when it is trying to take our life! Stop the blathering about we've killed hundred's of thousands over here because that is so laughable and yet sad.

1st the terrorist without. Now the terrorist within. The supreme court ruled that it was okay for a cop to lie to a suspect while investigating a crime. The CIA should have the same right while protecting our nation. Also if HOLDER's law firm ever had any interest in defending terrorist he is most assuredly involved in a conflict of interest with his so called investigation of the CIA.

When a coward that hides behind Facebook posts such as Sarah Palin is the leader of your political party then some of these crazed posts make sense. I pray that Sarah Palin jumps into the 2012 election and tags that bloviating, IRA pal Peter King as her running mate.

Clearly there is so much anger here that it is impossible to have a conversation. Anyone who still believes that "Liberals" lost Vietnam, that America can do no wrong, that Bush and Cheney were heroes, has no grasp of history or reality. American power reached its limit in Vietnam, a war that Bush and Cheney did their best to avoid. We cannot force a people to do our bidding. Just as we will learn in Afghanistan and Iraq. How much blood will our soldiers have to shed before the right wing nuts realize this is a no win situation. How much debt must we incur? Isn't it interesting to note that the loudest screamers for war and blood are those who are unwilling to fight themselves, who are unwilling to even pay the taxes to support the wars.

I don't have any doubt which side they're on, and it follows that Eric Holder would welcome American blood on his hands....and he isn't the only one in that sad, sorry bunch of aka as 'the enemy within'. I also expect there will be a 'fist-bump between Obama and Qadafi, though we may not see it....not immediately.

Obama is not on our side. He is a racist Muslim socialist who was born in Kenya. Stupid people still think Obama is trying to make America better.
I'd like one cowardly Democrat to explain why Bush's 600 Billion dollar deficit was bad, and why Hussein's 2.4 trillion dollar deficit is good.
You socialist trash make me sick

LIBERALISM is a complete MENTAL DISORDER! When the traders in this country try and tell us we should care more about their terrorist buddies then our own lives, one must wonder why they aren't in a white padded cell ?
Their brilliant ideology is to attack our-self not the terrorist that wants to blow you up! Well the Lib's are for assisted suicide after all its in their precious healthcare bill.
This is a seriously dangerous national security issue they are playing with all for THEIR OWN political advancements, to divert attention from their disastrous healthcare bill. I guess they figure we cant focus on two issues at the same time!

g2825m is some kid with very small testicles hiding behind his keyboarding masquerading as a Marine. Real Marines don't torture. We kick ass but we don't torture unarmed combatants. Your lack of respect for the office of the POTUS shows your falseface. You can disagree with him all you want but you little man are disrespectful of our Commander-in-chief. Stop embarassing yourself child.

Let's see. Holder recommended to BJ to pardon Marc Rich for selling oil to Islamic Republic of Iran terrorists... Holder recommends investigating the CIA for protecting the USA against terrorists. I'd say Holder is on the side of the terrorists!

How can you wonder which side Barack
Hussein Obama is on? He's a Muslim, so you figure it out! He pretended to be a Christian by attending an anti-American, anti-Christian church, but now he doesn't bother to go. He's a lying s.o.b.!

Valerie Plame goes on trial and all hell breaks out for "outing her". Then this happens, the agent involved in the interrogation has been listed and his name is available and he is now possibly in danger of a "death" hit by al-gaeda. BUT THAT IS OKAY???!!!

Holder and Obama, being black, do not hold the same appreciation of our forefathers as whites do. Their 'heritage' goes back to slavery, not the same as George Washington, etc as whites. They (blacks) do not see their heritage of America as favorable. So whenever they get a chance to make America look bad, they do it. This CIA investigation is an example.

No Congressman, we already know who's side their on. These anti American weasels hate the USA and are proud to go on record as showing it.
If were working for the CIA today I would resign, or at least take a leave of absence until these traitors are swept from office next year...

RIGHT ON CONGRESSMAN KING! SPEAK UP FOR THOSE THAT DEFEND US! STAND UP FOR AMERICA - THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ISN'T!
I can assure you Congressman King, you will be re-elected, unlike the enemies calling themselves Democrats.

This is really abhorrent speech from Rep. King. I don't know how LI stands for it.
As apparent from these comments, there are alot of people that forgot what it takes to be a true moral American. Read the report fatty, they murdered an individual during interroragation by excessive trauma to the head. Half the report has been blocked out.
There are crimes that were committed and hopefully Ashcroft and Cheney will enjoy stripes.

Somebody in the CIA needs to threaten to use a drill on Holder, and the rest of this administration and ask them where their loyalty is, to upholding the Constition of the United States of America and the safety of it's people or to something else? I'm pretty confident the answer would be to something else if the truth were to be told. This administration and it's advisors(czars) are traitors to their country.

I wonder what side King is on with his pro-torture lawlessness position.
I am on the side of American values and what those mean to the world. I also support the Constitution and the rule of law, which is what our country is about and the reason so many patriots have died defending her.
I am against those who would poison effective interrogations with their pointless brutality.
In short, Mr. King needs to reconsider his emotional and irrational viewpoint and join those of us who believe in laws and American credibility.

I wonder all those who are for waterboarding have it experienced to themselves before they can really say whether they are for or against it.... here again they don't know what they are for or against, right or wrong, before they think it is acceptable to be used or not, when or not, why or not, how or not, who or not! Crazy Americans!...

Joe in OK thank you!
G.Roland...I AM over here fighting and news flash for you and your friends on your side...most of the people over here are conservative God-fearing military men and women giving you all the right to blabber about how much you hate Bush. We on the right do not hate Obama. We just think he is outright taking our country in a direction that is unheard of in our history. We are vocal because the majority of Americans feel this way and you will see the rising tide come 2010!
Quick story for you all, when Pres Bush, Cheney, Condie, etc came over here they had to send people away at the site because there was not enough room to hold everyone that wanted to see them. When Pres Obama came over here a few months ago they were "asking" people who wanted to go over to see the President because they knew they could not fill the "palace location" up and that would look bad for this media-loving, camera-hogging president. There is the truth of where the military stands. We stand with those that stand up for us and our cause. That cause is just and unfortunately we live in a world with evil and bad people that inflict death and pain on others and we need to stop these people by any possible means.

Holder is on the side of the law, and the Republicans as usual are on the side against the law and the Constitution. If everything was done legally, then what is the concern from the aptly named "King"? He says he favors a scorched earth policy and doing whatever, legal or not. The Republicans are anti-law, and anti-american in general.

Here's a question for the Constitutional Scholars. Let's say the Justice Department charges a CIA employee with violations of law.What if said employee challenges Barrack Obama on the same grounds LT Stephen Cook did argue until Obama provide his original long form birth certificate to the Court,then this President lacks the Constitutional authority to prosecute or even investigate.In addition, all his appointees including Eric Holder lack authority.Could get interesting.

Just as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney led this country as they saw fit, what's wrong with Obama leading this country as he saw fit. And for all of you people that are so outraged at Holder, why don't you do something about the war on terror by volunteering to go to Afghanistan as a member of the army? It's easy to be a tough guy behind a computer. But, if the Russians or the Iranians treated American captives the way the CIA did (which violated international law), people over here would have a hissy fit. And for those who consider themselves Christians but defend the CIA policy, remember the bible says "he that soweth to the wind shall reap the whirlwind." Personally, I think anyone who broke the law should go to jail. These war criminals include Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield, and Rice.

Fear Not. Any CIA agents found by Holder to by guilty will be permitted to purchase Obama pardons; the only problem might be in that they will have to wait for the last day Obama is in office. Of course, we are all waiting for that day anyway.

Thank you, Rep King for stating the obvious!..I just thank God that there are true Americans like you in this government standing up to the Socialists that now run our country. Lets hope we can take back our government from these communists in 2010, when we get the chance!

Can't wait for the pre-Thanksgiving Gallup Poll..............bet the pre-Christmas one will be even better!
So much to be thankful for! So many gifts from these naive, solipsistic, disingenuous, self-aggrandizing. pseudo-intellectual elitist pantloads before next November's mid-term elections.
Special Prosecutor to investigate the CIA? Watch America respond to that crap just like the fubar health care re-design. GOP orchestrated protests at town hall meetings got the administration ***gy? Wait until Democratic candidates take to the canpaign trail in their home districts.
I simply can't wait.

What is bull....is the fact that the republicans think they are above the law! Cheney should have kept his damn mouth shut! There is no evidence to suggest they saved any americans with these tactics. There is however evidence the Bush administation doesn't care about law. This is about sending a message you can't do as you damn well please someone should remind the rethugs of this.

What a coincidence!
Obama, our dear leader goes on his first vacation at a modest B&B for a cool 35 thou per week and presto chango Sheriff Holder forms a posse to hunt down and lynch those dastardly CIA guys and Black Bart Cheney.
Of course Barack had nothing to do with this, WINK WINK.
No wonder Barack put out the Do Not Disturb sigh at Marthas Vineyard!

Hey Semper Fidelis at 5:56...
If you even served. I am sitting over here right now in Iraq on my third tour. So do not try to tell me about my service! I have been all over this country and worked with Iraqis and served with the best "teams" over here if you follow me??! I am against torture but it does ultimately work as a LAST RESORT. You should know that as we know what intel we are looking for and they know we know if they are giving us a line of crap.
I would say my CinC is embarrasing our nation as he goes around apologizing for it! BTW great job on going for the insults I don't think a real Marine would go that route but instead respect a fellow service member. Just so you know it is 1:22am over here in Baghdad in case you wondered!

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE! The Left hated Bush so much they were and still are willing to hang America on a cross just to prove a point. I can hear them all now, screaming "crucify them!" Holder ought to fry for this - what an absolute breach of trust in America and our security! He is UN-AMERICAN!

Peace and blessings 2 all of good moral conduct,NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION,HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IRAQieS INNOCENT CIVILLIANS KILLED,A WAR ON AN IDEALOGY,ERIC HOLDER,JR=
JAMES ERNEST KINARD,JR. PARDONED BY PRESIDENT GORGE bush,America u havent seen nothing yet."x" kinard,jr.

does anyone visit this site that
believes in the vaules of America
as it relates to this rest of this world. we do not torture. we are not like soviet union, or sadam hussien, the list goes on and on . the obama adminstration is for the untied States of America.

I like King, but is there any evidence that torture of any kind yeilds results? Probably not. While it sounds nice and makes us feel good about trying to get information at any cost, it's probably not useful. Sorry.

If we do not uphold the rule of law, then we have effectively legalized anyone in the government being able to torture whomever they please. That is the way it always works in societies that allow torture. You will not find torture being used with restraint in such cases, because anyone who would engage in such a ridiculous activity is incapable of restraint. So, it's up to you America - free country or police state. Pick wisely.

What is with the republicans do they or don't they believe in the Constitution do they or don't they believe in the International Treaties we sign. If they are so willing to disregard it all that the first terrorist attack on this Nation what kind of Americans are they. We are a great Nation because all those documents means something and upholding them in the face of adversity is what this Nation is all about. Mr King should be removed from Congress because he is a fool since he doesn't realize how much damage all these digressions away from upholding both our Constitution and International law has done.

In response to the first comment in this string - AAdams who dredges up the Soviet stoodge-to- be Salvador Allende and his opponent Pinochet. Allende was the guy who was preparing a communist putsch, importing arms from Castro and advisers from E. Germany to take total power and deliver the southern cone into the hands of the Warsaw pact. That only a few years after we all were ducking and covering in fear - real, justified fear- of a Soviet missile strike from Cuba. I am deeply grateful to Pinochet for saving us from a Soviet advance into S. America. And he left Chile in better shape than he found it. (Will we be able to say the same of Obama?)

This is just another predictable move by Obama and Holder, I believe is right in our faces, and everyone who lost a family member because of terrorist, they're on the side of terrorist. Obama should just come clean with the people who voted him in, and say, he's a terrorist supporter.

Some of you worry me about your belief that we can all just sit down and "talk things over." There is evil in this world as I have sat across from it and looked it in the eye. For those of you asking if Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EIT) work? Yes, they do. But it does not matter what we say because your mind is focused on butterflies and John Lennon. Trust me on this that al Qa'ida could give a rip if you were a Democrat or Republican...your head comes off the same to them. As stated by me earlier, there are 3 Americans like the example I mentioned above sitting in Iran because they have your same beliefs. Unfortunately, we are having to task some of our resources over here on them rather than fight the real enemy. Do see how your thinking actually risks other Americans lives?? You probably do not.
Thank you to the rest of you that recognize what the military is here to do and we VOLUNTEERED to do for our country...liberal and conservative. Good night from Baghdad! 1:47am

Is it true what I just heard? Someone said we have laws here in the US, and our attorney general, you know, the guy responsible for upholding the law, is thinking about actually doing part of his job! Of course, he seems to be picking and choosing who is worthy of prosecution for breaking the law, instead. But still. If only we could go back to when we just ignored the laws and the government could do whatever it felt like...those were the days.

In order to lead the world to the reality of which we speak (justice, fairness, democracy and a voice for every person) we must uphold the rule of law and of fairness in its enforcement above all else. Do not let anger and fear determine your judgment. Think for yourself, with an eye to the long-term of which the great men and women of history dreamed.

People miss the point that you don't do these things, not because you want to hug a terrorist, but because once you go down that road you close the gap between yourself and them and lose the ability to demand humane treatment for your own people who are captured. In the field you do whatever the hell you you need to do to them. But once they are in your custody you play by the moral rules you claim to value.

Uh, I'm confused. Is Obama lying again? I think I remember him saying he wasn't looking back at the previous administration, but it was time to look forward. How come he has a rear view mirror now? This man is abhorrent regardless of party or race. He is a laughing stock in America and around the world.

Uh, I'm confused. Is Obama lying again? I think I remember him saying he wasn't looking back at the previous administration, but it was time to look forward. How come he has a rear view mirror now? This man is abhorrent regardless of party or race. He is a laughing stock in America and around the world.

Why the hell doesn't somebody address the reason the US was attacked by terrorists?
Any fool who believes the crap about fanatics wanting hating US freedoms is an lost cause that cannot understand the larger picture.
The US has spent decades interfering in these people's lands to get their oil, gas and to protect any misdeeds of it's allies.
Saddam and the Taliban are direct products of the CIA. Even Iran is an indirect product following the brutality of the CIA's Shah. If anything, I'm surprised that Latin and South American governments hadn't acted in retribution for the 10,000's that died at the hands of US funded death squads and dictators.
In typical American fashion, the nation will take a pain killer to hide the symptoms of the illness.
Go ahead ... detain and torture suspects like some banana republic ...
Does this set the global precedent? Will the US accept other other nations that implement the same practices? What if Iraq, Honduras, Argentina, Chile, Libya, Cuba, etc... start "legally" torturing Americans (as the US has being involved in supporting terrorist activities in all of these nations among many others)?
I pity you. Instead of taking a serious look at history, at the injustices the US sponsors (which breed the very terrorists you are so terrified of) and consider how to correct these issues you will add fuel to the fire.
Paradoxically, can you imagine how happy the terrorist must be to see the population running scared? So terrified that the nation abandons it's most fundamental principles.
The right wing and the likes of Dick Cheney show just how soft the nation is when it begins folding upon itself like a deck of cards.
Exactly the opposite of the resolve Londoners showed in the face of Hitler's bombings over 60 years ago.
Pity.

This is just another "Man Made" crisis created by Obama administration to take the heat off of Obamacare. Americans need to stay focus and not pay attention to the B.S. Obama and his socialist Szars and administration create to side-tracked people, They are working very hard to weaken America. CIA's interrigation tactics have saved many American lives.

I haven't read all 700+ comments, but have browsed quite a number of them and have been struck by how few people address the question of HOW EFFECTIVE these torture-type techniques really are in producing true, useful information. Seems to me I have read of many studies that concluded that not only are such techniques ineffective, they are prone to producing complete BS information from people who will say anything to make it stop and that could actually hinder effective conter-terrorism operations.
Isn't that the key question, really? Torturing people that you suspect might have killed or injured innocent people, might very well satisfy your desire for vengeance, but if it does not help in preventing future terrorist acts, and might even make such attacks more likely by diverting resources to running down false leads, then why do it?

Did Holder's law-firm defend GITMO terrorists pro-bono? If so, Holder is a Class-A Hypocrite.
Typical politician! The Republican Party is simply trying to hit out at anything they can in the Obama Administration - and in the process losing their dignity and credibility.

Declared war on the CIA??? Heck, man, they've declaraed war on most of America. The majority of voters who do not agree with them are called swatstika-wearing brownshirts, unAmerican, Nazis, unruly mobs being paid off by the insurance companies. I have never seen our own government attacking the public like this before. Not even during the darkest days of Johnson and Nixon during the Vietnam War was it like this. There's no doubt which side these people are on. They are freeing the terrorists and attacking the Americans. Thanks to all you deluded saps who voted for this clown. Now get out there in 2010 and fix the problem.

This argument is futile. First of all 9/11 happened on Republican watch. Bush was on vacation when he should have a recieved the intelligence report warning of "planes flying into buildings in New York". He screwed up his chance to protect us. Secondly they openly admits that they were terrorized. The climate (terror) required that they (to quote Cheney)"Go Over To The Dark Side". They decided that this threat was sooo scary that they had to go all medieval on them. Used techniques that were condemned by great Republicans and Democrats alike. The last Administration was so terrorized that the felt it was necessary to eavesdrop on,arrest and detain,and scare the pi$$ out of the American People. They used the terror warnings to win an election. We LOST the War on TERROR a long time ago when they rejected the constitution! Now I ask whose side were they on?

In his inimitable Jethro Bodine style, Mr. King informs us he would be more comfortable on the al-Qaeda side. Kudos to him for his candid admission he prefers al-Qaeda values to those Americans cherish. Mr. King, as a Republican, I believe you?ll find the al-Qaeda fanaticism, intellectual, economic and cultural primitivism and general devotion to the past, not to mention life in caves?the ideological and intellectual equivalent of wall-to-wall Fox News coverage a home away from home, and entirely cozy in its isolation from reality.
It long has been apparent that some of our right-wing brethren both identify with and envy torturers. It?s a form of sanctioned sadism particularly suitable for the weak and insecure. The adversary is outnumbered, bound and unable to fight back. ?Under these circumstances even I could get a lick in,? they say to themselves.
In the meantime, no telling how much useful information and valuable intelligence has been lost due to the proliferation of ineffective and blundering interrogation techniques practiced on the former Occupant?s watch?the watch, on which it turns out, America suffered the worst terrorist attack to date on its own soil.

I think it is time we realize that we live in a dangerous world. The Constitution and laws are no longer relevant and cannot protect us. We should not stop at torturing and killing terrorists. We should torture all accused criminals as well as their spouses and children, then torture all of their known associates and neighbors, just to be sure we get all the information we need about the bad guys who are threats to the rest of us. This should obviously include all violent crimes and financial crimes, at a minimum, since financial crimes are also a threat to us all. We do not have time for trials, or hearings, just let the CIA and the police decide who is a threat to honest law-abiding citizens, then torture them to find out what they know and then kill them immediately, hopefully while inflicting as much pain as possible to deter other criminals. I mean, we trust the government to decide who is a threat, right? If a few innocent people are tortured or killed, it is worth it to protect the rest of us, right? In the 8 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Americans have murdered 180,000 of their fellow Americans, so this is a crisis that demands extraordinary measures.
Hopefully everyone reading this realizes I am being facetious, hopefully....

The pathetic thing is that Bush had ample warning that an Obama administration would do exactly this. Since W implicitly ( or explicitly) authorized the interrogations, he had an obligation to protect the CIA operatives. These men were doing what they could to protect the security of the US. Bush could have issued blanket pardons to these people and avoided this fiasco.
Such pardons would be much less objectionable than Clinton's gift to Marc Rich. It would be more in line with Ford's pardon of Nixon. Unpopular, but the right thing to do.

This what holder said in 2002:"HOLDER: Yes, it seems to me this is an argument that is really consequential. One of the things we clearly want to do with these prisoners is to have an ability to interrogate them and find out what their future plans might be, where other cells are located; under the Geneva Convention . . . you are really limited in the amount of information that you can elicit from people.
It seems to me that given the way in which they have conducted themselves, however, that they are not, in fact, people entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention. They are not prisoners of war.
He sure is singing a different tune today!Hypocrite!

Which side? Well, the people who are against the investigation certainly aren't on America's side, since, at least on paper, America doesn't stand for nor condones the alleged activities by the CIA...
Peter King should at least read the U.S. Constitution and the articles of the Geneva Conventions (of which the U.S is a signee) once in a while before spouting such jingoistic idiocy...

We all know what this is. They're trying to distract us away from their disastrous health reform. Answer the question Mr. Obama. Why are 8.5 MILLION govt workers and politicians exempt from Obamacare?
Taxes (you and me) pay 75% of their premiums. They have tons of choices of plans for great coverage. Retirees, survivors and their families are covered as well. Last year it cost taxpayers 15 BILLION dollars to insure them. And if Obama gets his way, we'll still be paying for it while we get crap coverage. By the way, this figure goes up every year as govt gets bigger and bigger and more people retire. Sounds like it will run out of money some day. Then they'll probably have to cut back on Obamacare to get more money.

Thank you rep. King. I just wish the other Republicans have the gonads you have. After Obama and his bunch get finished, none of us will have any gonads, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT while we still can!!! No, that is not a code word because he is black. I am scared as hell of his Marxist policies.

A TRAITOR gives aid and comfort to the enemy! Trials and execution for Traitors! The obama group is doing more damage to this country than the terrorists! AGAIN, trials and execution for traitors! Who are the traitors? The CIA people that protected us or those that want to gut and destroy our ability to protect ourselves!

Obama is trying deflect bad healthcare press and going back to blame Bush. Obama is consistent on one thing LYING. The scary part is it's become so easy for him. We have to work really hard in 2012 to get out this train wreck.

I'm old enough to remember when most people I knew were on America's side. Now, half the people I know don't give a damn. And many more actually want her to fail! I also remember when I didn't have to spend my life contacting my elected officials to remind them to stop stepping all over private citizens, the private sector and free enterprise. Why the hell have we handed over the keys to the last best country to these clowns? And when will these aspiring overlords realize they are here to represent our interests-- not rule us? If we are hit on the ObamaReidPelosiHolder watch there will be a time of accounting. I have had enough of their condescending attitudes and their Fascist policies. Watch the new engaged electorate Nov. 2010 punish those that shove bills (that they haven't even read) down our throats. Thank You

Holder was interviewed on CNN in early 2002 about terrorists. His own words....
HOLDER: Yes, it seems to me this is an argument that is really consequential. One of the things we clearly want to do with these prisoners is to have an ability to interrogate them and find out what their future plans might be, where other cells are located; under the Geneva Convention that you are really limited in the amount of information that you can elicit from people.
It seems to me that given the way in which they have conducted themselves, however, that they are not, in fact, people entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention. They are not prisoners of war. If, for instance, Mohammed Atta had survived the attack on the World Trade Center, would we now be calling him a prisoner of war? I think not. Should Zacarias Moussaoui be called a prisoner of war? Again, I think not.
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And now he finds political opportunism and is ramping up this disgraceful inquiry. We need to wake up fellow citizens, and show our concerns.

Holder was interviewed on CNN in early 2002 about terrorists. His own words....
HOLDER: Yes, it seems to me this is an argument that is really consequential. One of the things we clearly want to do with these prisoners is to have an ability to interrogate them and find out what their future plans might be, where other cells are located; under the Geneva Convention that you are really limited in the amount of information that you can elicit from people.
It seems to me that given the way in which they have conducted themselves, however, that they are not, in fact, people entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention. They are not prisoners of war. If, for instance, Mohammed Atta had survived the attack on the World Trade Center, would we now be calling him a prisoner of war? I think not. Should Zacarias Moussaoui be called a prisoner of war? Again, I think not.
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And now he finds political opportunism and is ramping up this disgraceful inquiry. We need to wake up fellow citizens, and show our concerns.

What people don't realize is that Obama needs a little misdirection so that he can stealthily pass his Obamacare. He doesn't really care about this or anything else other than the bills he wants to pass. Look at my left hand while my right hand is going to screw the people. This administration is disgraceful. But if you go after the CIA and Bush & Cheney, don't forget the legislature who OK'd this - Pelosi and her cronies,they all should go to jail if anyone does.

You just have to shake your head in disbelief that an administration can play politics with CIA secrets and expose them, and have the wrath of the world coming down on us again, instead of keeping these files closed for years, with possible extension. It was a sad event in our history, 3000 innocent people died at the hands of criminals with the islam's populatin's blessing. We can change the tactics, but to expose them, is nasty politics that don't do good this administration nor the american population. Shame on Holder and his buddies.

Dear Representative Peter King,
In this political season, it is important to remind our Congressional leaders to be the "wise men" that this country needs.
It is extremely important to remind you that TORTURE is not, and cannot be about the TERRORISTS; it is ALWAYS and should be about US. By our actions, we define our values and by adhering to our values, we gain our moral authority and our strength.
Torture is illegal. The United States of America DOES not torture.
Knowing the function of Congress and your role in it, and feeling as you do, perhaps you can sponsor some legislation to change the law. That is the prudent thing to do.
It is time for you and the rest of CONGRESS to assume your role and begin thinking again. Failing that, GOD help us all.
JC

When I think about my grandfather and what heroes that generation were who fought during WW2, they must be turning in their graves seeing what this country has become run by a gutless group of socialist a**holes. These wimps in office wouldn't last a day in my grandfathers generation. It's truly pathetic.

I agree.
Lets face it, why care about the constitution or the rule of law. I think we should all agree that throwing away the very concepts that we proclaim to be fighting for makes a lot of sense.
If you actually look at the damage Al Qaeda caused us vs the damage that Bush and co caused us by ****ting on the constitution its pretty easy to say that bush and his band of morons have done more damage to the USA than Al Qaeda.
To those people so blinded by fanatical dedication to Bush's law breaking, you are no better than the rabid members of Taliban so hell bent on attacking us.

Why couldn't Obama and Holder just say, that they will change their interrogation tactics, but still keep them effective. The world would have applaused them , instead the countries will hate all of us, that includes the White Hause. All I can say, I wonder what the american population thought , when they elected this administration. We all will be hated just a little bid more. How sad. Just from them to show off their ego,and power. Nothing else will come out of it. During his campaign , Obama said he won't go after any person. He also said he will bring change. Advertising America's weaknesses is not showing change or leadership.

I know this story is about the CIA, but I hope all members of the military remember this. I hope they take this into consideration if they ever have to decide whether an order to enforce martial law is legitimate.

I hope the CIA meant it when they threatened to kill the Terrorist's family. Further, I am starting to believe that the goal of this Adminsitration is to ruin the United States of America in any and all manner that they can. We have elected the enemy.

This is not an issue of individual acts. Or an argument of which act/s are more illegal than another. It is an issue of law, and AG Holder is obligated to uphold the LAW whether the President agrees with him or not.

"It?s bulls***. It?s disgraceful. You wonder which side they?re on," King said.
Let's see: Pardoned FALN terrorists; released Black Panther thugs intimidating voters; pardoned fugitives; neutralized CIA; closed Gitmo; gave Miranda rights to terorrists; revealed interrogation techniques to enemies, then outlawed them; apologized to every thug and ne'er do on the planet...
On the other hand, labeled ordinary Americans "potential terrorists" in DHS report, because they support the Bill of Rights. And prosecuted intelligence officials who defended this nation at its most horrific moment in decades.
And, of course, there's the matter of their attempting to destroy our capitalist system and turn it into a Communist state.
Wonder no more, Mr. King.
In fact, there's absolutely no question who's side these freaks are on. This Administration consists of enemies of this country every bit as dangerous as the terrorists themselves. This is the most anti-American administration in American history. And second place isn't even close.

What the h*ll is wrong with this administration? I know they hate America, but why are they trying to destroy it? Obama and Holder ought to be impeached. We need to do what ever we need to do to protect our citizens. End of story!!

What a perfect nest of monarchists, fascists, larouchies, birchers and general *******s. There is not a founding father who would not be disgusted with the lot of you. They fought for a revolution that subjected government to the rule of law. That put respect for human rights as the central ideal of the new, revolutionary polity. You all sound like 17th century tories and anti-American confederate scum.
What side am I on? The side of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. What side does that put you on?

I can remember Mr. Nice Guy Jimmy Carter, and how the CIA was totally gutted because we were supposed to be so reasonable and above-board. Then when the hostages were taken in Iran, those left-wing Pollyannas were screaming, "Why didn't we know about this? Where was our intelligence agency?" Well, DUH!
What terrifies me so much is not that the left-wingers are wrong, but the consequences of their being wrong are so terrible. And when the bad stuff happens for which they should shoulder a lot of the responsibility, it is always somebody else's fault (think Barney Frank and Chris Dodd).

"It?s a total breach of faith, and either the president is intentionally caving to the left wing of his party or he?s lost control of his administration...."
Absolutely! Obama should fire Holder immeadiately. I'm certain that's legal and would bring an end to this left-wing vendetta. Do you not agree, Rep. King, that it worked so well for President Nixon?
I'm declaring war on you, Peter King.

This is total bulls***!! I'll bet if Holder or Obama or any of their thugs had lost a loved one or friend on 9/11 they would change their tune. All this is is a smoke screen, a diversion to take the focus off Obamacare. Also, the dems are still livid they lost to Bush twice they will do anything to get back at him. They are really a sorrrrrry bunch of losers and I can't wait for 2010 when we can get rid of ALL of them. Don't let the door hit you in the a** on your way out losers.

The CIA are heros.
Holder just has to "follow the law" huh? Too bad he won't do it with the Black Panther's voting intimidation in Philadelphia.
This horrible administration has to go.
PS: Biden is a dope

Politicians suck. Period. I don't care if you are a repub or dem, lib or conservative, you all are nothing more than puppets that cannot form your own opinions. You listen to whatever your heroes (Obama for the libs, Hannity, Limbaugh, Savage for the conservs) say. Get a life.
If any of you morons had a brain, you would be libertarian, the ONLY major political party that cares about personal freedom and liberties. They would actually do something to lower taxes for ALL americans, not just really rich people or dirt poor people.
Yeah, I know this post isn't on topic. Quite frankly, the topic is pointless. The CIA is piece of crap gov't entity that couldn't catch Bin Laden if they had a GPS tracker in his ass.

It really isn't that big of a stretch to imagine Holder and BO high-five-ing or fist bumping (a la Howard University students following OJ) after an attack. If BO really didn't want the investigation he could prevent it with an executive order.

STAY WELL BOMBA,IF ANY THING HAPPENS TO U WE WILL BE SAVED BY BUT HOLE BIDEN,GOD FORBID ANYTHING HAPPEN TO OLE BUT HOLE THEN WE WILL BE REALLY SAVED BY ASS NASTY PIGGOSI Can't complain bout that *****y waste of oxygen can you?

All the so called people on this website that think Obama and Holder are right, need to leave this country and go to the Middle East. We don't need traitors here.
Let them go to Iran with Obama leading the pack. Iran's leader and Obama are good buddies. Same as are Obama and Castro.

Brilliant diversion...Holder will take the blame for this traitorous effort while attention is diverted from the miserable path Obama is trying to force us down. Meanwhile the terrorists around the world (and the America haters here) will again celebrate our President.

The Long Island Mafioso speaks.
Which side is Peter King on? Certainly not the side of obeying the law and the Constitution of the United States.
He's always looked and acted like the thug he is. I think even his constituents are sick of him.
He makes Alphonse D'Amato look like a statesman by comparison.
Go away, Peter. Your shtick is WAY past it's sell-by date.

Vietnam was not lost by the military! It was "reported " as a defeat after the Tet-offensive! Which was a complete(military) victory for the allied troops! The LEFTIST MASS MEDIA and POLITICIANS snatched DEFEAT out a MILITARY VICTORY! All by PERCEPTION DECEPTION FORMULATION!! The NORTH (after the war) admited the Tet offensive (was their last gasp effort!) Much of what is happening in the "third estate" is not based on TRUTH SEEKING but on FORMING PERCEPTIONS! Turning TRUTH into LIES and LIES into TRUTH!! (In peoples minds!)

Holder did not have a problem releasing 3 Maoist New Black Panthers that had received judgements for voter intimidation, and refuses to respond to letters from congress seeking the reason.
The reason is because they are black and one was a member of the Democratic state Committee, and a registered poll monitor.
Hate crimes only go in one direction.

Since when do leftists worry about socialists torturing people? The whole "anti-war" effort at sedition cost American military lives and civilian Iraqi lives because the left wanted an election issue to bring their community organizer into the white house. It didn't matter that they knew their attempts at undermining the war effort directly encouraged terrorist recruitment more than any other factor. How come no one is noticing that Holder is spending more time trying to prop up a sordid political gambit then trying to encourage the capture of Bin Laden? Where are Obama?s national priorities? When is Obama going to capture Bin Laden?

"If you think America should be allowed to torture, then make sure the rules are changed to allow it. Don't criticize the guys enforcing the rules."
ok since we got to "enforce the rules" lets make sure we enforce those immigration rules and that one about being a natual born citizen per the Constitution.
---
The Donofrio "Natural Born Citizen" Challenge (a timely explanation, to email to your cousins)
The Framers wanted to make themselves eligible to be President, but they didn't want future generations to be Governed by a Commander In Chief who had split loyalty to another Country.
The Framers were comfortable making an exception for themselves. They did, after all, create the Constitution. But they were not comfortable with the possibility of future generations of Presidents being born under the jurisdiction of Foreign Powers, especially Great Britain and its monarchy, who the Framers and Colonists fought so hard in the American Revolution to be free of.
Barack H. Obama II is not qualified, because his father, Barack H. Obama I, was a citizen of the United Kingdom as a Kenyan. Kenya was a British colony at the time of Obama II?s birth in 1961. This citizenship was conferred to Obama II by U.K. law. Further to this case is the apparent fact that Obama II became a citizen of Indonesia, when he lived there as a child with his mother and adoptive father, Lolo Soetoro. This would mean Obama's U.S. Citizenship status was revoked, since Indonesia had no dual-citizenship provision with the U.S.A.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2143302/posts
Defining Natural-Born Citizen
http://federalistblog.us/2008/11/natural-born_citizen_defined.html

Thank God for leaders like Peter King and Shame on Obama, Holder and all of the Democrats that agree with this action plus the ones that just set back like cowards and let it continue. The reason the GOP is in the minority right now is because they are afraid to stand up for whats right and call a travesty of justice like this exactly what it is...

Sorry to say but the criminals are running the Justice Department and White House. These completely incompetent, socialist, left wing liberals are destroying this one great nation. These terrorist loving idiots are giving killers more rights than American citizens, prosecuting CIA agents who are trying to prevent further attacks and killings and granting constitutional rights to all , along with financially destroying us. Time for everyone to say enough is enough and rid ourselves of every union loving socialist democrat in office and restore greatness and respect for this once great U.S.A.

This is obviously Birther-Tea Bagger Central. Americans can be divided into two basic categories -- goose-stepping Real Murkans -- and Constitutionalists.
Peter King is just another cheap, tinny, corrupt Alphonse D'Amato clone of the corrupt Long Island Republican machine.

"Attn. Liberals: Comming Soon: American Revolution, PART TWO!!!!"
Yeah, I can tell you are still angry about losing the Revolutionary War the first time around.
Bring it on, Lobsterbacks! We are Citizens, not subjects.

The CIA is full of arrogant macho idiots. If they are such great men why is everybody so worried about how this will affect their morale? Don't real men have principles they believe in and are willing to suffer because of them? Don't real men accept responsibility for their actions regardless of public opinion or the possibility they might suffer because of them? I guess the CIA is full of simple minded babies that crumble at the thought of not being glorified as gods among men. Real men would object to political dog and pony shows, our CIA orchestrates them.

Well lets see......
My guess is that obama is a closet muslim racist that hates American Capitalism, Whites and Israel and fully supports the Racist Muslim New Black Panther Self Defense Party in which had a direct website link from his website during the pre-election.
Thats my guess.

The mass media is to blame for so many "good people" being decieved! How many of you knew that in Sacramento Ca! Pro-life people that were praying in front of the capitol (legally) had their eyes sprayed with MACE just 10 inches from their eyes and had their arms twisted behind backs! As the pro-aborts hollered "kill them" "kill them" As the pro-lifers were arrested and were thrown into paddy wagons! Some 10 mths or so later the GAY community was mad in San Francisco (about what I do not know!) But they blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for several hrs! During what is called the morning rush! They ran thru the streets,broke many store windows, and generally raised Hell! The police?? They stood by and made NO arrests! They were on what is called "high tolerance" level!! It was reported locally, but why did the national news not cover them! I will tell you, it is ALL about PERCEPTIONS NOT about TRUTH or BALANCED REPORTING! The COMMUNISTS have known this! The first place they went during the "wars of liberation" was to "take-over the media! What would the LEFTIST like to do in America? Silence ALL VOICE EXCEPT THEIRS! They are the PERCEPTION DECEPTION FORMULATORS!!

First of all if the CIA has followed the law it will not mind being investigated. Second, since when does the end justify the means. We didn't even torture Nazi's thats why they surrendered to us instead of the Russians. America is the country that condems this kind of activity and brings them to justice in the world court, where both Bush and his Thug VP belong. Lastly, people are poo pooing what the CIA did but what if it comes out that they killed and maimed people, which you know they did, will you still surpport them.

Does anyone really wonder what side the Obama adminstration is on? They've made it very clear to anyone who's paying attention. They plan to bring the U.S down as far as they can as fast as they can. Their closest ideological allies are Chavez and Castro. Amazing to watch, really.

The ignorance of many people posting on this article is truly astonishing. For anyone to actually state that our democratically elected President is an un-American, Islamic, supporter of terrorists is sickening. Those calling themselves the "Silent Majority" are claiming a label. If you were the majority - John McCain would have been elected. Or, maybe Obama rigged the election and he didn't actually win. As for Holder - he's the AG, as position that is completely autonomous from the Presidency. IF laws were broken, they should be investigated. We cannot lead the world if we cannot even follow our own laws.

Somebody needs to inform Eric Holder what the definition of treason is. He also should be informed that he won't be AG forever. At some point, he will be charged with treason. He is an Al-qaida accomplice.

Look, this kind of behavior is obviously national self-destruction. You don't take heroes who protect us and make them political instruments. This evil is the worst kind possible.
Instead of trying to find some technicality through which to throw our patriots in prison, Holder should be pushing for a resolution honoring these men and women. America! Is this what you voted for?

Indyjoe, you fool, the definition is written in the text of the Constitution. You should check that quaint document out. You might be surprised to learn that the CIA is subject to the laws of this country, including certain relevant amendments to the constitution.

King is EXACTLY right on this. It appears that Holder/Obama Adm. are
MORE concerned w/Terrorists killers
that wanted to kill Americans than they are about Americans and our intel agencies that DID find info on future attacks, etc. WHY are they going after Intel, when they seem to be more concerned about protecting Terrorists/Muslims/Islam
than Americans? This is THE MOST
CORRUPT ADM.IN HISTORY-FILLED W/TAX
CHEATS, COMMUNISTS, TERRORIST BUDS,
RACISTS, ACORN-THE DEM CRIMINAL ORG
ALONG W/PROJECT VOTE THAT OBAMA WAS
SO DEEPLY INVOLVED IN, REZKO-BEHIND
BARS NOW,AND THE MANY CHICAGO THUGS & CZARS, THAT THEY WANT TO RUN THE COUNTRY WITH. THIS ADM. IS PROVING THAT THEY ARE CORRUPT TOTALLY, AND PEOPLE ARE FINDING THIS OUT ON A DAILY BASIS, AS THEY TRY TO DISTRACT FROM REAL PROBLEMS THEY CAN'T EVEN CORRECT WITH TONS OF MONEY, AND ARE RUSHING AND PUSHING THESE THINGS THRU, SO NO ONE IN THE GOV'T HAS TIME TO EVEN READ, WHAT THEY WANT SIGNED. ....WELL, YOU GET THE POINT-THIS ADM.IS TOTALLY CORRUPT, & THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED, BY THOSE
IN D.C. THAT ARE SENT TO "SERVE THE
PEOPLE"...NOT SERVE THEMSELVES WITH
"PAY TO PLAY SHENNANIGANS"
PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTIGATING THESE
ACTIONS, ARE BEING ATTACKED AND IT IS THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH THAT OBAMA & HIS THUGS ARE TRYING TO SILENCE.

I really don't understand why anyone is surprised by this. Doesn't anyone recall the fable of the scorpion and the frog. Eric Holder could not be expected to do otherwise. It's what he is ... and I doubt seriously it was done without running it past the throne.

Descriptive Scrolls, (Vividly) described a period of time in a section entitled Revelations, a perfect title for a chapter describing a tumultous period in time, fitting for the last chapter of a Book Scribbed from those Scrolls as guidance for mankind!! Indifference of Beliefs, the ink is dry on those pages and as we see the future unfolding into the present, the descriptive future fantasies from those Scrolls (Translations (Ink also dry)) are becoming realities, while the pace is getting faster and faster and more and more out of control!!! When I was young, I thought, no way all that could come to pass (Come true), the older I get, the more I understand what confused me when I was young, probably about the same as you do!!!Descriptive Scrolls, (Vividly) described a period of time in a section entitled Revelations, a perfect title for a chapter describing a tumultuous period in time, fitting for the last chapter of a Book Scribed from those Scrolls as guidance for mankind!! Indifference of Beliefs, the ink is dry on those pages and as we see the future unfolding into the present, the descriptive future fantasies from those Scrolls (Translations (Ink also dry)) are becoming realities, while the pace is getting faster and faster and more and more out of control!!! When I was young, I thought, no way all that could come to pass (Come true), the older I get, the more I understand what confused me when I was young, probably about the same as you do!!!Descriptive Scrolls, (Vividly) described a period of time in a section entitled Revelations!!! A perfect title for a chapter describing a tumultuous period in time, fitting for the last chapter of a Book Scribed from those Scrolls as guidance for mankind!! Indifference of Beliefs, the ink is dry on those pages and as we see the future unfolding into the present, the descriptive future fantasies from those Scrolls' (Translations (Ink also dry)) are becoming realities, the pace is getting faster and faster and more and more out of control!!! When I was young, I thought, no way all that could come to pass (Come true), the older I get, the more I understand the things that confused me when I was young, probably about the same as most do, they just have to just stop for a second and realize it!!!

Black government official like Eric Holder and John Conyers just can't seem to move on and do something constructive for this country. Instead they are using their newly assume power to express and carry out their hatred of their political opponents not caring that in the process they help destroy America. But they don't care. Their hatred run so deep not only for their opponents but for America that they don't deserve to be in the government position they hold. Even worse we have a President Hussein Obama who praises such men.

We shouldn't torture these poor people. We should take about 150 of them put them on a plane, let the plane sit on the tarmac for at least 8 hours with just enough food and water for 2 hours. Let the one toilet on board fill up till it stinks and tell them no one gets off till we get the info that we want. Oh! wait they do that now only to law abiding citizens who are unfortunate to be
delayed on a flight. And to you creeps who say Holder is independent and is doing this on his own. Nothing like this gets done without Obama's say so. Get real!

The fascist Nazis in the white house are trampling our constitution, and these morons are worried about if terrorist were kept awake and water dripped on the heads. The revolution has started and fascism and liberalism will be defeated. You ignorant liberals have woken the sleeping giant.

Attn. Liberals: Comming Soon: American Revolution, PART TWO!!!!
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Thanks for the heads-up, Buttercup. Part Two, rather than a revolution will be a coup against a democratically elected government by a rabble of Banana Republicans apoplectic at having been shown the door of the executive and congressional branches by a majority of fellow citizens. Realizing you've become political and cultural anachronisms may be hurtful Pubs, but don't be going all Pinochet on us for Christ's sake.

Peter King is a patriot and one of the few Republicans with a pair of balls.The Social Democrats are a bunch of geldings who are deathly afraid of all Islamic butchers.When these killers come for us the first to go will be the cowards like Holder and that lisping poofta Barney Frank.

Obama is a spy and an enemy of America. He has NEVER produced a REAL birth certificate and gained the power of the White House by deceit, which was an act of war. He should be removed by some sort of due process. He is NOT a legitimate president. In fact, John McCain should be president by default. The sad fact that this is possible is due to the evil corruption in the Democrat party.

Here's an idea: when Obama finally leaves office and the next neo-con is elected, he can obtain all of the IP addresses from this Politico blog and also set up "flag@whitehouse.gov" where Americans can report all of the "fishy" liberals who supported Eric Holder's CIA witch hunt. Then the FBI can round them all up (starting with Holder) and we can re-open GITMO and cut off their fingers (no more looney blogging for them!) and stick power drills into their shoulders if they don't 'give up' the names of other arch-libs and cry like babies. Woo-hoo, we can be neo-cons, terrorists, right-wingers, birthers, deathers, angry-swastika-carrying mobsters, and Jack Bauer wannabes all at the same time! Let's flip a garrote to see who gets first dibs on Holder!

All the lefties have left?? Please answer what is "torture"????
Move to the right and you will be right! Move to the left or stay there and you will be left!
From a "former" AFL_CIO member! The people here on the right are cool people! And much nicer! SORRY but TRUE!! So what is TORTURE??

The Left has a history of coddling terrorists and America's enemies while attacking the CIA...Obama is just a redux of the failed policies of Carter.
The good news is that terrorism targets almost exclusively urban liberals, so it's really not much of a threat to real Americans who live outside the filthy urban cesspool.
Plus, Obama's certain one-term failure will likely lead to the election of another Reagan, with the attendant prosperity and strength we experienced in the '80s.

Sooo... we threatened to do bad stuff. OOOOH... vewy scawy! Our enemy chops people's heads off and sends us the video. Our enemy stones women to death for adultery. Our enemy blows large groups of civilians on purpose. We threaten to tell their mommies. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! I have to agree with another blogger here who wonders who's side Holder is on. Remember, he's the same guy who refused to prosecute those Black Panthers who stood in front of a polling place wearing jack boots, para-military gear and wielding night sticks at folks going inside to vote. We have a very serious problem in this Holder guy.

Sounds as though King is afraid that more lies and corruption will be discovered, and he's hoping that shouting and claiming torture has made the country safe will shut down the investigation. As has been widely reported, the reality is that many of the people involved in various attacks were themselves tortured by US allies. Torture encourages hatred of the torturers, obviously. Moreover, the United States military opposes the use of torture because it's usually ineffective, or leads to false information, and because if we practice torture, any enemy feels justified in practicing it against our captured troops. If you support terrorism and the torture of US troops, support the use of torture by the U.S. My feeling is that we instead need to determine who committed war crimes and who authorized them, and put these people in prison for a very long time.

My guess is...this metrosexual,
multicultural, multidisfunctional,
Prez, with intense media backing....
is floundering because his
arrogance isn't "resonating"
with the people. Well, screw
the people. This crowd has
enough "walk-around" millions
to cut off dissent. If you
like Rahm Emanuel...you are
on the Dark Side, and there's
no turning back. If you just
"kinda like Obama" you are a
typical doorknob.

I love the normal responce from conservatives, or should I say the chicken----s in the crowd. They refuse to take responsability for letting 2500 people die on 9/11, & then they spend the next 7 yrs. trying to blame everyone else because they were watching their $ instead of our security. Then they try & force us to except their illegal practices under the guiss of protecting us. You will pay!!!

Where was all this outrage when the demented left and media whores were slamming President Bush? Americans gave him a 30% approval and the degenerate Clinton 60% approval!! That says a lot about us ingrats and stupid. Now you have Obama the friend of terrorists enjoy the fall out.

Since Dubya said it wasn't torture, I'm sure you Republicans wouldn't mind being waterboarded to prove your Dear Leader right. On the other hand, we should not forget that we HANGED as war criminals the Japanese military personnel who waterboarded American POWS in WW II. And we also HANGED the people who gave the orders to waterboard American POWs -- ie, the Dick Cheneys of Japan. Let's get on with it.

Jacob: (Thats a good name by the way!!) Please define what torture is??? If you cannot than how can anyone else?? And who decides?? See a problem?? Move to the right and you will be right! Stay on the left and you will be left!!

Let's see now...the Democrats and Obama are in trouble in the polls because of the health care debacle....so it's time to go back to the playbook and resume the bashing of the Bush administration which is how Obama got elected. It will undermine our future intelligence gathering operations but who cares if Obama winds up with a few points bounce in the polls. It's sickening they would endanger the lives of our overseas military and intelligence personnel for political gain but don't ever forget it's Bush and Cheney who are the criminals.

Dear CB Allen, you said "conservatives, or should I say the chicken----s in the crowd. They refuse to take responsability for letting 2500 people die on 9/11, & then they spend the next 7 yrs. trying to blame everyone else" - WHAT KIND OF CRACK ARE YOU SMOKING? Do you really think "someone else" besides terrorists were responsible for 9/11? No wonder you voted for Obama and support Holder - your IQ is below 100 and you believe the crap that you are "programmed" with and you just regurgitate it like a mindless repetitive parrot on a pirate's shoulder. Grow up and get a real education.

What good useful information do you think you can get out of people if you threaten to kill their families or drill a hole in their heads? Think about it...if someone held a drill to your head and said "Tell me about your terrorist plot," wouldn't you say ANYTHING to get them to stop? The goal of interrogations isn't just to get people to talk, the goal is to get USEFUL information. Not using these techniques is just common sense. The reason 9-11 happened isn't because we didn't have enough information to prevent it, we had TOO MUCH superfluous information to separate the good intel from bad intel. C'mon conservatives, this is real life, not a cowboy movie...

Obama is gearing up to knock some heads around. Finally we'll have a president that won't subcontract the job out to KBR. Finally a true American with intelligence and the ability to lead. Bush can go get some new pom-poms and work on some new cheers with Cheney and Fred Fielding. I can just picture Obama throwing down a nasty dunk while Bush shakes his pom-poms and does some exuberant high kicks. I'm suprised Bush didn't bring his pom-poms with him at the "Mission Accomplished" pep rally. Mission Accomplished right...? What's all this talk about Obama letting our enemies win? I thought once a mission was accomplished it can't be unaccomplished? What was the mission then? Wait I'm confused. If Obama is risking the safety of our Nation by allowing our legal system to work...what can Obama and the rest of our country enjoy from Bush's accomplished mission? I have to think about this one, I'm used to accomplished mission's coming with certain perks like not having to worry about the enemy any more. Hmm

I see a lot of right-wing swine referring to "the will of the people".
As an American citizen, and one of "the people", it is my will that we run the gang of criminals out of our intelligence agencies!
"I was just following orders" wasn't an acceptable defense at Nuremberg, and it shouldn't be here.
Stop huffing Limbaugh's anal vapors.

The people running this country now, care about two things.... themselves, and futhering their leftwing, socialist agenda on this country. Their disdain for this country and the ideas that made it great is obvious for any thinking person to see. They are weak, and willing to appease anyone except conservative Americans. Now maybe you can understand why our military is basically made up of conservatives.... liberals aren't cut out to do what must be done to preserve our security.... if it requires anything more than talk!!!!

Those captured on the battle field were fighters for AlQuida! Or against allied troops! Of course they do not wear any uniforms! As NONE of the terrorists do! So I suppose unless it can be proven in a USA court of civilian law they should be released in America! Particularly because other countries do not want them! Maybe they could live next door to you! Hey! Thats an idea! Okey with you right? Like Kennedy being for windmill energy? But none of those unsitely things within site of his home? Just more leftist liberal hypocrisy at work?? So what is "torture"?

Exactly WHAT about any Republican oppostion has not been "scorched earth?" They make me sick. I'd rather take my chances with all the "terrorists behind every bush" than with these neocons who took us to war for no reason, kidnapped and tortured anyone they felt like, people who were "fingered" by the same geniuses who told us about those pesky WMDs. If it were up to them, every person in this country who does not swear allegiance to Herr Cheney, would be imprisoned, tortured or executed.